Trending prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary hospital in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rong, Rong; Lin, Lanxi; Yang, Yongjie; Zhao, Shumin; Guo, Ruiling; Ye, Junpeng; Zhu, Xinghua; Wen, Qiong; Liu, Dayue

doi:10.1186/s12879-022-07952-9

Table 2 Prevalence of different HAI types (rate), 2018–2021

	2018	2019	2020	2021	Trend test		2018–2019 vs 2020–2021
	2018	2019	2020	2021	Coefficient (CI 95%)	P-value	P-value
Total	2.39 (2.3, 2.47)	2.04 (1.97, 2.11)	1.49 (1.42, 1.56)	1.41 (1.35, 1.47)	− 0.35 (− 0.63 to − 0.07)	0.032	< 0.001
RTI	1.15 (1.09, 1.21)	0.96 (0.91, 1.02)	0.59 (0.55, 0.63)	0.55 (0.51, 0.59)	− 0.22 (− 0.41 to − 0.03)	0.039	< 0.001
VAP	0.03 (0.02, 0.04)	0.02 (0.01, 0.02)	0.02 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0 (− 0.01 to 0)	0.153	0.064
PCI	0.02 (0.01, 0.03)	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0 ( − 0.01 to 0.01)	0.646	0.185
UTI	0.17 (0.14, 0.19)	0.17 (0.14, 0.19)	0.16 (0.14, 0.18)	0.15 (0.13, 0.17)	− 0.01 (− 0.01 to 0)	0.055	0.233
CAUTI	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0 (− 0.01 to 0.01)	0.666	0.792
IAI	0.1 (0.09, 0.12)	0.07 (0.06, 0.09)	0.07 (0.05, 0.08)	0.07 (0.06, 0.09)	− 0.01 (− 0.04 to 0.02)	0.223	0.019
GI	0.12 (0.1, 0.14)	0.12 (0.1, 0.14)	0.11 (0.09, 0.13)	0.09 (0.08, 0.11)	− 0.01 (− 0.02 to 0)	0.096	0.051
OLI	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0 (0, 0.01)	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 0.01)	0 ( − 0.01 to 0)	0.667	0.524
DSSI	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0 (0, 0.01)	0 (− 0.01 to 0)	0.035	0.014
ICI	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0.01 (0, 0.02)	0 (0, 0.01)	0 (− 0.01 to 0)	0.088	0.073
SST	0.1 (0.08, 0.12)	0.07 (0.05, 0.08)	0.06 (0.05, 0.08)	0.05 (0.04, 0.06)	− 0.02 (− 0.03 to 0)	0.067	< 0.001
OCI	0.08 (0.06, 0.09)	0.08 (0.07, 0.1)	0.07 (0.05, 0.08)	0.05 (0.04, 0.07)	− 0.01 (− 0.02 to 0)	0.088	0.008
CVS	0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0.01 (0, 0.01)	0 (− 0.01 to 0)	0.25	0.114
BSI	0.29 (0.26, 0.32)	0.24 (0.22, 0.27)	0.15 (0.13, 0.18)	0.16 (0.14, 0.18)	− 0.05 (− 0.1 to 0.01)	0.061	< 0.001
SSI	0.08 (0.06, 0.1)	0.05 (0.04, 0.06)	0.02 (0.01, 0.03)	0.02 (0.01, 0.03)	− 0.02 (− 0.04 to 0)	0.038	< 0.001
Others	0.2 (0.17, 0.22)	0.21 (0.19, 0.24)	0.21 (0.18, 0.23)	0.21 (0.18, 0.23)	0 ( − 0.01 to 0.02)	0.756	0.924

Trend test: 2018 to 2021 HAI change trend, linear regression analysis; 2018–2019 vs 2020–2021 means before and after COVID-19 pandemic. BSI bloodstream infection, CAUTI catheter-associated urinary tract infection, CVS cardiovascular system infection, GI gastrointestinal infection, IAI intra-abdominal infection, ICI intracranial infection, OCI oral cavity infection, OLI organ lacuna infection, DSSI deep surgical site infection, PCI pleural cavity infection, RTI respiratory tract infection, SSI surgical site infection, SST skin and soft-tissue infection, UTI urinary tract infection, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia

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